Improvement in hay-crane or carrier



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@met @time B. P. BARACKMAN, OE LINESVILLE, PENNSYLVANIAr lLetters Patent No. 99,520, dated .February 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-CRANE R CARRIER 'The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern: Y

Be itknown that I, B. P. BARACKMAN, ot" Linesville, in, the county ot' Crawford, State of `Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Hay- Grane or Carrier, which I verily believe has never before been known or used; and I do hereby declare that the following is 'a fulll and exact description of the, same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon to unload hay or grain from a wagon, and convey the same to the hay-mow or hay-loft by horsepower; and, for this purpose, it is desired that the hay, when on the f0rk, should be iaised iu a perpendicular direction, until at a sufficientl height to .clear all obstructions of the timbers in the barn, the

sides of the hay-loft, 86e., and, when in such a position, should then-be carried horizontally, until it is carried to the point where it is desired to unload 'the same.

When this is accomplished, itis then desired that the hay-fork should not descend until it comes over the load on the wagomand thereby clear all of the aforesaid obstructions. The fork should then descend perpendicularly, and all this it is desired to accomplish by the carrier, automatically.

A represents the arm of my carrier or crane, and

may be of any desired length. B isa perpendicular arm, with a hole in the upper end, through which a rope is passed, to lash or attach it to the rafters of the barp. A scantling may be laid across the purlin-plates of the barnon which the long arm A can rest, and, at the same time, be moved or swung around over the hay-loft. This may be done, or any other device used for the saine purpose.

In the short arm B is a pulley, L, over which the rope F F passes.

On one end of this rope is a weight, E, and the other end is attached to the header movable block O.

On the upper surface ofthe long arm A, is a tongue or rib7 m m', passing along nearly its-wholel length, until it arrives at m', when it descends, in an inclined plane, to the notch n in the arm A.

There Vis a mortise, (see-T, Figure 2,) through which the arm A passes, allowing the block (l to move freely along its entire length.

On the block C is a lever, w, (see Figure 3,) which shows the reverse side of the block from Figure 1.

t' is'a rod, passing along the edge ofthe block C to nearly its upper end, or just above the rib m fm', when it bends at right angles across the arm A, to the other side of the block, where it passes through one end of the lever u'.

The objectof my invention is as follows, to wit,

The lower end of this rod is bent in an cye, at H and through this eye the fork-rope R passes.

Ou the fork-rope R is a movable trip, G, which may be fastened at any position on the rope R` b means of the set-screw y. i

When the block O is moved toward the arm B, the redt moves down the inclined plane m', and drops int-o the notch m., and is thereby held in that position, while the fork-rope R is drawn by a` team, (hitched at s,) until the hay-fork x, with its load, is drawn up` perpendicularly, until the trip G comes in contact with the eye in the end of the rod H, when the rod i is lifted out of the notch n, and then, as the team moves ott, the block is `drawn toward m, unt-ilit arrives at the point where it is desired to unload the fork x.

D is a pulley in the block G, over which the forkrope R passes; then through the pulley-block O.

VV' is a b1-ake7-rod, one end of which is attached to the end of' the lever w, and the. other end is bent at right angles, and passes 'across the edge of the block G, in front of the pulleyd). (See fig. 2.) This rod is bent, as shown at V, as it'passes across the face of the pulley D. 4

The fork-rope R passes under the brake-rod V', and between it and the pulley 1).

.N ow, when therbloek G is back to its position near the arm B, and the rod t has dropped into the notch n, the end of the lever w, to which the brakel-rod V V is attached, is drawn up, and the brake, at V',

is lifted from the fork-rope R, and, as the team' backs up, the hay-fork, by its own weight, (the brake now being removed, as described,) drops down on the load of hay on the wagon.

rlhe hay-fork :c is now hooked into a forkful of hay, and the team started. The rod t', being down in the notch n, holds the block C in position until the fork-rope is drawn so far that the trip7 G strikes the eye H, and lifts the rod i out of the notch n, when the team, moving on the block C, is drawn toward mf, carrying the forkful of hay with it, until it arrives at the place where it is desired to unload the same.

\Vhen the hay is unloaded from the fork x, the block C is drawn back toward B by the weight E, the rod t' being kept .up by the part which falls into the notch n, now resting on the rib m nl', until it gets to the notch n, when it drops down therein.

While the rod 'i rests on the rib m m, the end ot' the lever rr, to which tlhe brake-rod V V is attached, is pressed down, and, consequently, the brake V i's pressed ou the tbrk-rope R, pressing it down on the pulley 1). This prevents the fork from descending ,until the block G'arrives at B, when the rod t' falls into the notch n, as described, and the brake-rod V v fork, as any kind may be used; but

lows, to wit V' is 'lifted from t-he fork-rope'l, when the fork z The block C, in combination with the crane A B descends, by its own weight, to the hayon the wagon. and the trip G', constructed as described, for the pur- I do not claim any peculiar construction of hayposes set forth.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to seritnesses: cure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as fol- A. B. RICHMOND, i ROE REISINGER.

B. P. BARACKMAN. 

